quietplacelogs | INTRO LOG #2

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the dark tower: jake chambers

INTRO LOG #2

INTRO LOG #2
Put a Sock in It
Content Warnings: Disorientation, memory loss, confusion
Themes: Arrival, survival, exploration, horror

You wake, standing. A thick, muddy red dust coats your skin and clothes - it sticks to your tongue and blocks your vision. Inhale and it chokes you, exhale and your breath puffs out in front of your face in a transparent maroon cloud. It tastes of copper, tangy and harsh. Movement is difficult, every limb tingles and aches. Look to your left, your right. Evenly spaced in each direction stands another person indistinguishable in every way from the next. You're disoriented and lethargic, unable to grasp onto a single thought. A pinprick of light blooms ahead and grows steadily larger; a door has opened.

Hands grip your wrists, push at the small of your back and guide you out of the darkness into a room with four walls and a thin, sagging ceiling. The plaster is peeling, the air is musty, and the floor is slick. White plastic piping juts up from the center and curves into multiple spouts, clean water flowing in uneven streams. Those hands pull your clothes off and clear the dust from your body, redress you in handsewn jumpsuits. By the time they’re through, you will have begun to come back to yourself.

A finger is pressed to your lips. Kind eyes meet your own and a single word is whispered - hush.

Led out of the room in a line, you’re taken down a short hallway and into another, much larger room. There’s a woman waiting for you there, a child hugging her leg, and a cloth bag in her hands. She reaches in and pulls out a device, passes one to each of you. Once finished, she begins to move both hands in graceful gestures, a language. One of the people who helped you lifts their device and the screen lights up, tracks the woman’s hands. Letters appear on the screen and you understand the device’s purpose. She tells you what she knows and it’s not much.

This world is haunted. Noise attracts them, so it is not allowed. Communication is through body language, soundless writing, and the device. She tells you that your feet must be light and your mouth never used. There is a community outside these doors, where you can survive together, but only if you agree to one thing: complete and total silence. You'll have time to talk it over. You may ask one question and receive one answer.

Acceptance allows you to journey outside. The ground is marked in pathways of sand, lining the paths to each building and everywhere in-between. You notice that the locals hold their devices always, aloft and glance to it often. It will not vibrate or make a sound to signal a message. Notices appear. Rules. Guidelines. Feet on the sand and never anywhere else. To open a door you brush your fingers along the hinges - oiled and you may enter. If not, take the brush from the can sitting nearby and coat the metal with the dark liquid.

Now, you're to settle into your new home – with or without the help of those who have come before you.

The Place Inside
Content Warnings: Disorientation, hallucinations, body horror
Themes: Plot, exploration

Have you been to hell. And more importantly, have you been back. We all know this pain but are too scared to recall. This horror controls us, pulls at our strings to ensure how our life plays out. So, let me rephrase my question: have you been to Ile Lacrox. And more importantly, can you come back.

In the community, if you hear something you're not supposed to hear, you learn to look the other way. If you see something you're not supposed to see, you pretend it never happened. If you feel disappointed, you learn to never ask for more. So, through good times and bad, famine and feast, the natives held fast to their rules until one common day a sly wind blew in from the south...

That same red dust twists through the streets, curling up in faint, little plumes of familiarity. The farther south you go, the thicker it becomes. Those willing to explore far enough will find it coming from an island in the middle of the river. Once there, doting every available surface is the evidence of Sound Eater births, and the closer you are to the island, the harder it is to avoid being coated in red. Even if it's not rubbed into the skin, it doesn't take long for the effects to take over. Every sound is amplified. Your breaths are deafening, the slightest step echoes. But no Sound Eater attacks. Your vision blurs, and it's as if your mouth is sealing itself shut. Those you traveled with seem to be similarly affected, and you know you have to be quiet. Anyone who brought supplies with them might discover that a drink of water subdues the symptoms.

OOC: Only characters who entirely submerge themselves in water will be free of the dust effects. Just remember that noise will attract Sound Eaters.

Liplocked
Content Warnings: Violent tendencies, mind alteration
Themes: Love, romance, obsession, sex

The natives are of French origin, and with that comes a love of romance. Residents will find treats and valentines at their doors. That same night, there will be a small, red-glowing fire built near the fountain. There will be jars pressed into the dirt and filled with a sweet, red liquid. Some natives can be seen drinking it and being very affectionate with one another. Anyone who drinks this is inspired to show endearment or lust to others, and it will wear off after sleeping.

There's also the noticeable addition of a new arrival. They came through the Reset Room just like everybody else. They understand the rules and follow them to a tee. They are the perfect example of what the natives want in their residents. They are charming and captivating. They say nothing, and they don't have to. When your eyes meet, you feel seduced. There's a nervous flutter in your stomach. You can feel your heartbeat in your throat. Pounding, constricting. They smile and then turn away.

As they're walking, you notice you're not the only one looking at them, and in their expression, you see your own mirrored. What started as sweet infatuation and longing dissolves into a jealousy unlike any you've ever known. All you understand now is that to win their affections you have to come out on top—so you're the only one they see. Your actions are not your own, but they're still yours.

OOC: There are two ways to break the "spell". Your character fights it out with someone else who is feeling the same way OR they're approached and physically touched by someone who isn't affected by the newcomer. A third of the community will be completely unaffected (everyone else is affected unless the player is uncomfortable with playing out the scenarios). The newcomer can be of any gender the player wishes. For those partaking in drinking, the players can choose what effects it has; it can inspire feelings of lust or boost paternal/maternal instincts or devotion towards friends.

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NAVIGATION

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A. Put a Sock In It

[Ignis isn't a newcomer, but he's seeing a lot of new and confused faces around. It's best for everyone if they get up to speed about this place as soon as possible, so if he sees someone looking lost, he'll approach them with a friendly smile and his device out with a message on it.]

Hello. Are you new here?

B. Liplocked: Maternal Version

[The last time Ignis drank questionable liquid offered by a villager, he turned out alright. The second time, not so much. If he sees someone he knows, he's already going up to them and asking them how they are and if he can do anything for them. Have a button loose on your clothes? Need something to eat? What about cleaning?

This would be a great time to take advantage of his kindness. Otherwise, it's actually rather obnoxious. Now you know how it feels to be Noctis Lucis Caelum. Or, if you are Noctis Lucis Caelum, he's turned it up to eleven. Sorry, Noct.]

C. Liplocked: This Drink Made Me Thirstier Version

[He'll blame it on the drink in the morning, and be absolutely right about it, but tonight, Ignis is looking for company. And right now, he's set his sights on someone. It could be someone he knows, or someone he hasn't met yet, he's not sure why he picked this person. The only thing he knows is that he's approaching them with a smile on his face and his ever growing knowledge of sign language as he signs a greeting.]

Good evening.

[Akechi probably shouldn't be wandering around after having ingested that drink any more than any other person should, but... his judgement isn't quite what it usually is, right now.

When Ignis approaches him, there's a soft, questioning look on his face when the man strides right up to him and... oh... he's fixing the collar of his shirt and his tie. It's been... so long since any adult has done that for him.

So he stands there obediently, allowing this, and when the deed is done, he offers a small, soft, grateful smile to Ignis, then signs the words. He'll pull out the device if Ignis isn't yet familiar with the hand language here. Either way...

Thank you.]

[It's so nice to be thanked.

He smiles back at Akechi and finds a seat near the fire and motions with one hand to invite Akechi to sit with him. It's warm and comforting on a cool night such as this one. Regardless of whether or not Akechi accepts the invitation, he's got his device in his hands, typing out a message.

How are you today?]

[He will take that offered seat next to Ignis, in fact! And, well, if their shoulders or legs are brushing together... hopefully that's okay? Some part of him just... really wants physical affection right now, though he's hardly the type to ask mere acquaintances for it.

... still...]

A little tired, but... relaxed, overall. More so than I have been.

How about you?

[Normally, casual contact from someone he knows only a bit about would give him pause. Now? He doesn't mind it at all.]

Surprisingly good, considering our circumstances.

[Independent of any mood altering drinks, things have been going extremely well for him. It's a shining light in the darkness of this world.]

Two friends I've been worried about have turned up here.

[Two friends of his... hm. Perhaps that is good, if he was worried over them? Though the circumstances here aren't exactly... desirable...]

I hope that that is more of a blessing than it is a curse.

[Even the drink can't erase the realist in Akechi— but maybe it is help softening it, at the very least...]

I choose to believe the former, as I've found they're rather helpless on their own.

[That's a bit of an exaggeration, as they would probably do alright without him, but the anxiety he's suffered worrying about their safety all this time has clouded his judgment a bit.]

[...okay, his eyes can't help but light up in amusement at that.]

I suppose you're the adult of your group, then?

[Whether that be literally or figuratively...]

You could say that.

[He's not even the oldest person in his group!]

They've called me mother more than once.

[Goodness, that sounds nice. To be in such a tight-knit group of friends that you were basically like family. Perhaps they were joking, or maybe they were only half-joking... either way...]

Have you known each other a long time?

Ignis Scientia | Final Fantasy XV

B, hope this is okay! c:

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